Plartn Mats For The Homeless

For example the mats thicken the barrier separating the ground from a blanket or a sleeping bag with a person.

Plartn mats for the homeless. As sleeping mats they re more hygienic water proof easily transportable and provide protection from the cold concrete. Rather than throwing them out you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi purpose mats known as plarn plastic yarn. Back in 2013 we wrote about new life for old bags a chicago group that crochets plarn sleeping mats for the homeless. These crochet mats are remarkable comfortable and offer just enough to create a barrier between the ground and the body to help retain body heat while sleeping.

Two years ago 25 year old chad dominguez and his mother kris georgeson saw someone weaving together these plarn plastic yarn mats while on a trip to seal beach california. Plarn is the yarn also called plastic yarn that you will use to knit or crochet the plastic mat. Although lying on plastic doesn t sound so appealing these plarn mats are actually soft comfortable durable water resistant and may help keep bugs at bay. Once the mats are completed they are given to the jeffco action center who distributes them to homeless individuals.

Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. These crochet mats are remarkable comfortable and offer just enough to create a barrier between the ground and the body to help retain body heat while sleeping. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. The sleeping mats are intended for people who are less fortunate be that the homeless refugees in camps or people in the third world.

Making yarn out of plastic is a useful skill to have. Last year one of our sister sites wrote about a guy who makes them in louisiana. The sleeping mats are intended for people who are less fortunate be that the homeless refugees in camps or people in the third world. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors.

We will go through the steps below to make plarn and then the knitting and crocheting will begin. In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people without access to shelter. They thought it was a great idea and so they introduced the project mats 4 homeless at the upland host lions club in upland california. The advantages the plarn mats provide to a homeless person are critical she said.

Basic knit sleep mat recipe. And now this week my facebook feed has been full of posts about the bag ladies who are crocheting plarn sleeping mats in tennessee. Cast on 72 stitches.